Start Menu Item

JamesJ

That worked fine. I thought dragging the desktop shortcut to the start menu
created a link to the desktop shortcut.

Thanks,
James

"Cal Bear '66" <xxx@xxx.org> wrote in message
news:5144F980-9FA0-4E29-8926-EEC88799EB1E@microsoft.com...
> If that is where you want to keep it, yes.
> In your original post you said you wanted it in the Start Menu.
>
> --
> I Bleed Blue and Gold
> GO BEARS!
>
>
> "JamesJ" <jjy_darwin@adelphia.net> wrote in message
> news:%23uVIX5KpHHA.1148@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> But, wouldn't I need to keep the shortcut on the desktop?
>>
>> James
>>
>> "Cal Bear '66" <xxx@xxx.org> wrote in message
>> news:14E22860-9A16-47A7-8A0E-ADB3AB07C97A@microsoft.com...
>>> If it is the actual file it will not update. Right click on the file and
>>> select Send to > Desktop (as shortcut) then drag to Start Menu.
>>>
>>> --
>>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>>> GO BEARS!
>>>
>>>
>>> "JamesJ" <jjy_darwin@adelphia.net> wrote in message
>>> news:%23weNOyKpHHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> The actual file.
>>>>
>>>> James
>>>>
>>>> "Cal Bear '66" <xxx@xxx.org> wrote in message
>>>> news:e%238a6tKpHHA.1244@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Did you drag and drop the actual file, or a shortcut? Does the icon
>>>>> on the Start Menu have the shortcut arrow?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>>>>> GO BEARS!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "JamesJ" <jjy_darwin@adelphia.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:eqva6qKpHHA.4516@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>I need to explain.
>>>>>> This is an Access db that I dragged and dropped a week ago from
>>>>>> within the Data Files folder to the start menu.
>>>>>> From within Access I've made changes to this db in Data Files but the
>>>>>> changes were not reflected in the 'shortcut' from the start menu.
>>>>>> This was the file I originally dropped to the start menu a week ago.
>>>>>> Is this normal??
>>>>>>
>>>>>> James
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Justin" <None@None.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:38644388-D72A-4DAF-85D5-859720646F8B@microsoft.com...
>>>>>>> "JamesJ" <jjy_darwin@adelphia.net> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:O1eNPNKpHHA.4512@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>>I dragged and dropped an mdb file from a folder I call
>>>>>>>> Data Files which is the Documents folder that I moved the location
>>>>>>>> to.
>>>>>>>> But the properties of the Star Menu item shows the
>>>>>>>> file location elswhere.. in
>>>>>>>> Users\<<myusername>>\Appdata\Windows....
>>>>>>>> Why is this?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> James
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A lot of the older common folder paths have been turned into virtual
>>>>>>> folders that all point back to the USERNAME folder. Yes, it's very
>>>>>>> annoying.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

Cal Bear '66

You should use right click dragging, then you will be given the opportunity of
moving or copying. Also, new to Vista are right click options of Pin to Start
Menu and Add to Quick Launch

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"JamesJ" <jjy_darwin@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:uYBfxCLpHHA.3264@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> That worked fine. I thought dragging the desktop shortcut to the start menu
> created a link to the desktop shortcut.
>
> Thanks,
> James
>
> "Cal Bear '66" <xxx@xxx.org> wrote in message
> news:5144F980-9FA0-4E29-8926-EEC88799EB1E@microsoft.com...
>> If that is where you want to keep it, yes.
>> In your original post you said you wanted it in the Start Menu.
>>
>> --
>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>> GO BEARS!
>>
>>
>> "JamesJ" <jjy_darwin@adelphia.net> wrote in message
>> news:%23uVIX5KpHHA.1148@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> But, wouldn't I need to keep the shortcut on the desktop?
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>> "Cal Bear '66" <xxx@xxx.org> wrote in message
>>> news:14E22860-9A16-47A7-8A0E-ADB3AB07C97A@microsoft.com...
>>>> If it is the actual file it will not update. Right click on the file and
>>>> select Send to > Desktop (as shortcut) then drag to Start Menu.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>>>> GO BEARS!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "JamesJ" <jjy_darwin@adelphia.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:%23weNOyKpHHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>> The actual file.
>>>>>
>>>>> James
>>>>>
>>>>> "Cal Bear '66" <xxx@xxx.org> wrote in message
>>>>> news:e%238a6tKpHHA.1244@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Did you drag and drop the actual file, or a shortcut? Does the icon on
>>>>>> the Start Menu have the shortcut arrow?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>>>>>> GO BEARS!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "JamesJ" <jjy_darwin@adelphia.net> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:eqva6qKpHHA.4516@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>I need to explain.
>>>>>>> This is an Access db that I dragged and dropped a week ago from
>>>>>>> within the Data Files folder to the start menu.
>>>>>>> From within Access I've made changes to this db in Data Files but the
>>>>>>> changes were not reflected in the 'shortcut' from the start menu.
>>>>>>> This was the file I originally dropped to the start menu a week ago.
>>>>>>> Is this normal??
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> James
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Justin" <None@None.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:38644388-D72A-4DAF-85D5-859720646F8B@microsoft.com...
>>>>>>>> "JamesJ" <jjy_darwin@adelphia.net> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:O1eNPNKpHHA.4512@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>>>I dragged and dropped an mdb file from a folder I call
>>>>>>>>> Data Files which is the Documents folder that I moved the location to.
>>>>>>>>> But the properties of the Star Menu item shows the
>>>>>>>>> file location elswhere.. in Users\<<myusername>>\Appdata\Windows....
>>>>>>>>> Why is this?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> James
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A lot of the older common folder paths have been turned into virtual
>>>>>>>> folders that all point back to the USERNAME folder. Yes, it's very
>>>>>>>> annoying.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

Justin

"Cal Bear '66" <xxx@xxx.org> wrote in message
news:285058EA-B656-49E6-B0AD-885CD7EE40CA@microsoft.com...
> You should use right click dragging, then you will be given the
> opportunity of moving or copying. Also, new to Vista are right click
> options of Pin to Start Menu and Add to Quick Launch


As well as Shift+Right+Click

Open command window here
Copy as path

Very helpful.

Doug

The Start Menu is intended for shortcuts, not datafiles. The latter are
normally stored somewhere like C:\Users\JamesJ\Documents\AccessDBs. Getting
a good file structure needs planning, and this should be done as soon as
possible, otherwise the whole system will become increasingly difficult to
navigate and retrieve from as time passes. That said, with Vista's good
search capabilities, putting all your documents in "Documents" and then
searching for them there as needed may be a better solution than having an
over-extensive tree structure of document subfolders. You could then have
project folders (within Documents perhaps) containing only shortcuts,
leaving the underlying datafiles always in the one folder. Doug


"JamesJ" <jjy_darwin@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:%23weNOyKpHHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> The actual file.
>
> James
>
> "Cal Bear '66" <xxx@xxx.org> wrote in message
> news:e%238a6tKpHHA.1244@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Did you drag and drop the actual file, or a shortcut? Does the icon on
>> the Start Menu have the shortcut arrow?
>>
>> --
>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>> GO BEARS!
>>
>>
>> "JamesJ" <jjy_darwin@adelphia.net> wrote in message
>> news:eqva6qKpHHA.4516@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>I need to explain.
>>> This is an Access db that I dragged and dropped a week ago from
>>> within the Data Files folder to the start menu.
>>> From within Access I've made changes to this db in Data Files but the
>>> changes were not reflected in the 'shortcut' from the start menu.
>>> This was the file I originally dropped to the start menu a week ago.
>>> Is this normal??
>>>
>>> James
>>>
>>> "Justin" <None@None.com> wrote in message
>>> news:38644388-D72A-4DAF-85D5-859720646F8B@microsoft.com...
>>>> "JamesJ" <jjy_darwin@adelphia.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:O1eNPNKpHHA.4512@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>>I dragged and dropped an mdb file from a folder I call
>>>>> Data Files which is the Documents folder that I moved the location to.
>>>>> But the properties of the Star Menu item shows the
>>>>> file location elswhere.. in Users\<<myusername>>\Appdata\Windows....
>>>>> Why is this?
>>>>>
>>>>> James
>>>>
>>>> A lot of the older common folder paths have been turned into virtual
>>>> folders that all point back to the USERNAME folder. Yes, it's very
>>>> annoying.
>>>
>>
>>
>